The act, death act 86 of the year 1912, municipality
Gorinchem, is the death act of Catharina Johanna Maria Foppen, the wife of
Pieter Johannes Koopman. She lived in Woudrichem at the time, but
she died in Gorinchem, in what was then district B number 130 -
further research showed that this address was the hospital of
Gorinchem. Woudrichem is a small city, across the river Merwede
from Gorinchem.

The act does not present any special difficulties. The only
thing to watch out for is the time of death: ten half zes
ure, litt. at half six o'clock. Half six means half an
hour before six o'clock, so ten half zes ure is
half past five, not half past six.

This section starts with the date: In het jaar, in the
year, negentienhonderd twaalf, 1912 (negentien
means nineteen, honderd is hundred, twaalf is
twelve, so negentienhonderd twaalf means nineteen hundred
twelve, or 1912), den dertienden, the 13th (dertien
is thirteen, dertiende or dertienden is
thirteenth), der maand, of the month, Juli, July.
It then introduces the registrar (Ambtenaar van den
Burgerlijken Stand), whose name is Daniel van der Zee. He is
the registrar of the municipality Gorinchem in the province
Zuid-Holland. Two people appeared before the registrar (zijn
voor ons [...] verschenen, made an appearance before us):
Dirk den Besten, aged 55 (oud vijfenvijftig jaren, aged
five and fifty years), an undertaker (lijkbezorger), and
Arie Willem van Dalen, aged 38, a painter, both residents of
(wonende te) Gorinchem.

Catharina Johanna Maria Foppen was 66 years (zes en
zestig, sixty and six) and one month old, she did not have an
occupation (zonder beroep, without occupation), she was
born in Maastricht geboren te, born in) but living in
(wonende te) Woudrichem (a town near Gorinchem, on the
other side of the river), she was the wife of (gehuwd met,
married with) Pieter Johannes Koopman and the daughter
(dochter) of Johannes Foppen and Johanna Jansen who are
both deceased (beiden, both, overleden, deceased).
She died (is overleden, has died) on the 13th
(dertienden, thirteenth) of July (Juli) 1912
(dezes jaars, of this year, i.e. 1912), at 5.30 a.m.
(des voormiddags, before noon (or a.m.), ten half zes
ure, litt. at half six o'clock, half an hour before six). The
location is het huis, the house, staande, standing
(or located) Eind (an address), Wijk B (district B)
number 130 (honderd is hundred, dertig is
thirty).

The closing section of the act contains only a phrase that
states that the act was read out to the appearers, and was signed
by the registrar and the appearers. It is followed by three
signatures.

The translation

Putting it all together:

In the year 1912, the 13th of the month July,
appeared before us, Daniel van der Zee, registrar in [the
municipality] Gorinchem, province Zuid-Holland: Dirk den Besten,
aged 55, occupation undertaker, and Arie Willem van Dalen, aged
38, occupation painter, both residents of Gorinchem, who declared
to us, that Catharina Johanna Maria Foppen, aged 66 years and one
month, without occupation, born in Maastricht and residing in
Woudrichem, married with Pieter Johannes Koopman, daughter of
Johannes Foppen and Johanna Jansen, both deceased, died on the
13th July of this year, at 5.30 a.m., in the house located at
Eind, district B number 130, in this municipality. And
aforementioned appearers have, after the reading out, signed this
act with us.